Christmas in the Dining Room...A Christmas Past

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Hello my friends...I hope you're having a fabulous day!
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I'm still "chugging along" with all my Christmas decorating! Sheeesh...I had really hoped to finish it over the weekend and then honey offered to take me to the big city for shopping. I had sooo much fun...made a trip to Hobby Lobby...TJ Maxx! Yeeehawww!!! However, my little weekend excursion set me back on my Christmas decor "To Do List".
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Sooo...today I thought I would share another post from Christmas Past...my little french country dining room...all dressed up for Christmas! I hope you enjoy!!! I will be joining a couple of parties...you'll find the credits at the end of my post.
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Christmas Past
December 13, 2009

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Merry Christmas!
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Hello my friends! I hope that you are having a wonderful Christmas holiday!
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I'm so happy that you came by today...I would like to share with you my newly decorated for Christmas...dining room!
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A Christmas Dining Room

Here is our French Country dining room all decked out in its Christmas finery!

I just love decorating for Christmas...with the red and olive green wall color...Christmas decorating is such a joy!
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A Woodlands Christmas!
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I decided to use my "Woodlands" Santa in the dining room this year. Thus...the dining room buffet becomes a Christmas Woodlands! I hung a beautiful Christmas wreath over the mirror...just above Santa!
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Woodlands Santa
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I have had this Santa for a number of years. He is my favorite, dressed in his burgandy cordoroy coat and hat! Santa is carrying a burgandy velvet bag over his shoulder...filled with sugared fruit and pine boughs. Another bag sits at his feet...filled with more sugared fruit and pine. Ohhh...and just look at Santa's Christmas staff...a little cardinal is nestled into the pine branches!!!
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A Christmas Woodlands Vignette...
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A garland of pine and holly twists around Santa on top of the buffet. A few pinecones are strewn about the pine garland for a little extra "woodsy" feel. I thought that I would use my frenchy black birdhouse since we have a "Woodlands" theme going...I just love how it looks in this vignette!!!

Do you see the black bird? I found two of these pretty black birds at Hobby Lobby over the summer. They are soooo beautiful with the holly and berries cut-work pattern in the sides of the birds!!!
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I found these pretty red and gold Christmas trees at the Goodwill a couple of weeks ago. They really are pretty and I gave only .50 each for them!
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I also added a few candles into the mix. Two of the large burgandy pillar candles sit atop off-white iron candleholders. I used pine, red berries, a small pinecone, and some twine to decorate the large candles.
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A close-up of the Woodlands Santa. He is standing in front of the buffet mirror so you can see what he has in the bag that he is carrying over his shoulder.
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Left side of the vignette. I also added a real bird's nest...do you see it?
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A Christmas Woodlands Mosaic

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My Christmas Chandelier

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The chandelier was really so easy to decorate. I just used a Christmas garland...wrapped it around the arms of the chandelier...and added a few extra pinecones!
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A Christmas Centerpiece for the Dining Room Table

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Ahhhh...Silver!!!
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I love silver...and I love using a few pieces of my silver at Christmas!
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My Newest Treasure Find...
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Just a couple of weeks ago, I found this gorgeous silver soup tureen at the Goodwill! Ohhh my...you should have seen me doin' the "happy dance"!!! I gave $19 for it...I think I got a great bargain! The piece really is lovely and I just had to use it in my Christmas centerpiece for the dining room table! I left the silver soup ladle in the tureen and added a big, chunky burgandy candle to the tureen. Just propped that pretty lid in front on the pine boughs.
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A bit of Christmas greenery: pine boughs, red berries, and pinecones flank the sides of the silver tureen. I just love how this photo turned out...I had a nice sun shiny day for photographing!!! I love the look of the Christmas greenery with all the pieces of silver...sooo pretty!!! Ohhh...almost forgot...I used a table runner done in a burgandy patchwork fabric for the table.
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Burgandy candles in silver candleholders...along with two mercury glass, goblet shaped, candleholders...grace this Christmas centerpiece!
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I love the look of the burgandy candles with the silver! It just sings Christmas to me! I also placed burgandy pillar candles inside the mercury glass holders...you can see the subtle color peeking through the design on the glass.
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Just a few "artsy" photos.
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Silver...Glorious Silver!!!

I am very pleased with how this Christmas centerpiece turned out!!! I love the look of silver and I'm really enjoying the look of the silver with the greenery and all that red!!! Ohhh...I do love Christmas decor!!!

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A Christmas Table Centerpiece Mosaic

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Well my friends...I'm so happy that you came by today and took a peek at little french country Christmas dining room...from Christmas Past! Thank you so much...I know ya'll are busy with all the activities and festivities of the season! I know that I have been promising...but I really do hope to share some of my 2010 Christmas decor with you very soon!
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I'm joining these fabulous parties...*

Table Top Tuesday...hosted by Marty over at a Stroll Thru Life.
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Christmas Party...hosted by Jessa over at A Holiday Haven.
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A heartfelt thanks to Marty and Jessa for hosting these fabulous parties for us to enjoy!
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Warmest Christmas Wishes!